Google DeepMind uses bitcoin like tech to track NHS patient data

Google DeepMind uses bitcoin like tech to track NHS patient data

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Plagued by critics who accuse Google DeepMind of getting too much “free” access to NHS patient data, DeepMind’s new “bitcoin like” audit platform will let people know exactly how data is being accessed and used   Google’s AI powered health tech subsidiary, DeepMind Health, is planning to...

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Hyperloop One have built the world’s first Hyperloop test track

Hyperloop One have built the world’s first Hyperloop test track

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Four years after Elon Musk first gave the Hyperloop concept to the world Hyperloop One have just finished building the world’s first test track   The Hyperloop concept, a futuristic transportation system that speeds passengers seated inside pods through low pressure tubes at blistering speeds of...

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Press release: Legal SaaS A.I. platform LawGeex raises $7 million in funding round

Press release: Legal SaaS A.I. platform LawGeex raises $7 million in funding round

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is changing and the legal profession is by no means immune, but in many cases it is start ups and entrepreneurs who are challenging the status quo.   Over the past few months I’ve been highlighting how the world of law, from the...

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New brain research discovers people are great at predicting what’ll go viral

New brain research discovers people are great at predicting what’ll go viral

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why does anything go viral? Ask a million people and a million people will have a million different answers, but according to new research the real answer’s inside your head.   I have to admit that as I read through the science behind this news,...

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Humans come up trumps as Facebook rolls out its solution for fake news

Humans come up trumps as Facebook rolls out its solution for fake news

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Fake news is now regarded as one of the most politically destabilising developments in recent years, Facebook’s new solution hopes to turn the tide on the fakers   Ironically, for all the amazing things that artificial intelligence (AI) can do, from running Wall Street hedge...

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